Cutrer favors outside experts on stadium site

Cutrer which had just about nailed
down the site off South Main.
HE SAID THAT the Houston
Fat Stock Show, which had
S d
• s • plans to be a major tenant of E Pe ts On ta lum lte the planned county showplace,
X r 1::mtet~~d f~~~0::. possible
. . In suggesting a study by out-
A team . of outside ~xperts ltrip to Dallas. side experts, the mayor said he
should be imported to pick the Later Monday, the mayor also thought the problem was big
be~t site for .1:1E:W s~adium and apprised Oilman Bob S mi th \ envugh so that Houston should
coliseum facilities m Houston. 1 of h' c; findings in Dallas at what plan for the future.
Mayor Lewis Cutrer suggested appeared to be an armistice.i:...~~----------'
Monday. meeting.
The mayor said the experts, Smith on Feb 12 made a sur­with
Houston's future in mind, prise appearance before the
could r e p o r t what facility Houston Fat Stock Show execu­ought
to be where. tive committee to rip into the
HE SAID HE thought the city mayor's site proposal.
should help pay the bill for the! A~r conferring for almost an
study. hour Friday, the mayor said he
And the mayor added that a and Smith agreed that any site
study trip to Dallas had bol- should be the best one possible.
stered his belief that the city The mayor said officials in
needs a nev auditorium-colise- Dallas were well pleased with
um in the downtown area. the new Dallas Memorial Audi-
The mayor two. weeks ago be- torium, which he said is only a
fogged the location of a long- small taxi fare away from all
studied ~20 Million county stadi- downtown hotels.
um, planned for southe'.1st of th~ The Dallas auditorium, with
Main Street-Old Spanish Trail a 1 773-seat theatre has a 7 428-
inte;secti~n, when he proposed seat coliseum cap~ble of hold­a
nval site near downtlJ\\'.ll. ing 10 439 persons if seats are
His suggested site is west of placed' in the arena.
Houston A venue between Memo- Also included in the D a 11 a s
rial Drive and Washington Ave- layout is U0,000 square feet of
nue. · exhibition space.
THE MAYOR dropped his The mayor again insisted he
suggestion about outside experts was only trying to be helpful t
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Biographical Note: Frank E. Mann was a native Texan who served on the Houston City Council from 1960 to 1979. During his tenure of nine terms in the City Council, Mann's accomplishments included a freeway program, the elimination of political firings, the installation of fire department ambulances, and the initiation of an employee insurance program. Concerned about the difficulty of accommodating urban services to the City's growth, he dedicated himself to air and water pollution control, improved sewage and garbage disposal, and a continued supply of pure water. He advocated an equitable system of financing City services between the City and the county.

Cutrer which had just about nailed
down the site off South Main.
HE SAID THAT the Houston
Fat Stock Show, which had
S d
• s • plans to be a major tenant of E Pe ts On ta lum lte the planned county showplace,
X r 1::mtet~~d f~~~0::. possible
. . In suggesting a study by out-
A team . of outside ~xperts ltrip to Dallas. side experts, the mayor said he
should be imported to pick the Later Monday, the mayor also thought the problem was big
be~t site for .1:1E:W s~adium and apprised Oilman Bob S mi th \ envugh so that Houston should
coliseum facilities m Houston. 1 of h' c; findings in Dallas at what plan for the future.
Mayor Lewis Cutrer suggested appeared to be an armistice.i:...~~----------'
Monday. meeting.
The mayor said the experts, Smith on Feb 12 made a sur­with
Houston's future in mind, prise appearance before the
could r e p o r t what facility Houston Fat Stock Show execu­ought
to be where. tive committee to rip into the
HE SAID HE thought the city mayor's site proposal.
should help pay the bill for the! A~r conferring for almost an
study. hour Friday, the mayor said he
And the mayor added that a and Smith agreed that any site
study trip to Dallas had bol- should be the best one possible.
stered his belief that the city The mayor said officials in
needs a nev auditorium-colise- Dallas were well pleased with
um in the downtown area. the new Dallas Memorial Audi-
The mayor two. weeks ago be- torium, which he said is only a
fogged the location of a long- small taxi fare away from all
studied ~20 Million county stadi- downtown hotels.
um, planned for southe'.1st of th~ The Dallas auditorium, with
Main Street-Old Spanish Trail a 1 773-seat theatre has a 7 428-
inte;secti~n, when he proposed seat coliseum cap~ble of hold­a
nval site near downtlJ\\'.ll. ing 10 439 persons if seats are
His suggested site is west of placed' in the arena.
Houston A venue between Memo- Also included in the D a 11 a s
rial Drive and Washington Ave- layout is U0,000 square feet of
nue. · exhibition space.
THE MAYOR dropped his The mayor again insisted he
suggestion about outside experts was only trying to be helpful t
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